Posted by King Vultan on October 28, 2004, at 22:05:32
In reply to MAOIs and anxiety, confusing! my life an apology, posted by ravenstorm on October 28, 2004, at 15:52:55
If you don't tolerate drugs well with overt NE effects, Nardil seems to be much worse than Parnate; although, it is not as bad as a tricyclic. I seem to have a tendency to get constipation from any drug with even weak tendencies to do so, and I had constant constipation on Nardil. Parnate does not do this, at least not for me at 50 mg/day. The only constipation I am suffering is from the anticholinergic OTC antihistamines that I use every other night for sleep. It is easy enough to tell from the timing that that is where it's coming from.
Parnate has the fewest side effects of any of the 12 drugs I've tried, and the only one I can actually say for certain that I've noticed is insomnia, which is very, very bad. I'm seeing my pdoc next week about substituting a prescription drug like hydroxyzine for the Benadryl I currently use every other night. The Halcion/triazolam I use the other nights seems to be powerful enough, but just barely.
Nardil still might be worth a try, though. It is considered to really be very good on anxiety, and I think it also has very good antidepressant efficacy. The side effects might not affect you as much as they do some other people. However, with Nardil, I would still recommend not using a much higher dose than wherever solid therapeutic effects are obtained. Further improvements are often not large enough to justify the increase in side effects.
Todd
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